Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 428 · Decided 31 March 2008
Collector & DIST. Magistrate and ORS. v. S. Sultan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 428 · [2008] 5 S.C.R. 764
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 567/2008
- Decided
- 31 March 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P. SATHASIVAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; Constitution Article 22, 226
Headnote
>- Preventive Detention: A.P Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, c Dacoits, Drug Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Land Grabbers Act, 1986- ss.3(1), 3(2) rlw s.2(a) and (g) - Order of detention - Indicating instances in respect of offences covered by definition of in s.2(g) - Not based on stale incidents as alleged -Activities of D detenu prejudicial to "public order''- Hence, High Court not justified in quashing the detention order in exercise of its writ jurisdiction - However, period of detention as fixed in the ..,, detention order already over -
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